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Monday, January 03, 2005

Taking up Arabic again.

I kind of remember posting my New Years' Resolutions on the blog last year. I wonder if I can salvage the list? The other day I looked in my archives, and I don't think they went back that far. Anyhow, learning Arabic is again on my list, and I've picked up a second wind. Thanks to Talib Deen, who gave me some encouragement, and thanks to others too.

Some books I'd ordered to read to my children, which teach the numbers and colors in Arabic are helping too. Tonights' feature was the Milet Mini Picture Dictionary, by Sedat Turham and Sally Hagin, which you can order from www. milet.com out of London, England.

You are the Gender Abolitionist type of feminist. This means that you
feel the best way to destroy patriarchal oppression is to rid ourselves
of misguided gender roles, and instead live in a society that does not
make such marked assumptions about gender differences. The Gender
Abolitionist is culturally radical, but rather conservative when it
comes to sexual liberation and politics. You have a strong sense of
human rights for all. In fact, you are actually a very moral person.
You don't see people in terms of gender and are thus very philosophical
in order to perceive the world in such a manner. You think people
shouldn't identify others in terms of gender. When most people see a
person, the first thing they think is "That person is a woman" or "That
person is a man", but they do NOT think "That person is a
short-fingernail". Most make someone's gender their IDENTITY, but
fingernail length would never be considered part of their identity. A
gender abolitionist would claim gender should be like fingernail
length--it shouldn't be part of someone's identity. By making gender a
part of identity, difference is emphasized and oppression is often
justified. Thus, gender shouldn't be regarded to such a large extent by
society. You are mostly concerned with seeing women become fully
equalized with men by eliminating gender roles, as these roles oppress
women.